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The fans down the left-field line stood and cheered as Todd Pratt strode to the Phillies' bullpen before yesterday's game. A security guard approached Turk Wendell and thanked him for his friendship over the years. Dennis Cook chatted amiably with a...

Turk Wendell popped into Manager Bobby Valentine's office at Shea Stadium before last night's game and confronted him in a joking way. ''Are we O.K., me and you?'' Wendell said. Valentine told him how much he appreciated all he had done for him. It...

This will be Dennis Cook's fourth season with the Mets. He has already spent more time with them than with any of the other seven teams he has pitched for since 1988. But Cook has no idea where he and his family will be living in New York. ''We're...

March 27, 2001, Tuesday

Even though he announced his starting pitching rotation yesterday, Bobby Valentine has promised not to disclose the Mets' final roster for the World Series until the last possible moment, and now he has good reason to wait. That is because Dennis...

October 20, 2000, Friday

Dennis Cook was careful yesterday not to complain about his recent workload. On Monday, after a four-day layoff, Cook became the only Mets reliever this season to allow six runs in a game. He retired only one of the eight batters he faced and saw his...

The slogan on Dennis Cook's T-shirt, ''Go Hard or Go Home,'' is faded, as is the small Florida Marlins logo that accompanies it. The Mets' left-hander has not been a Marlin since 1997, and this is the first time in his 12-year major league career...

February 17, 2000, Thursday

In one breath, he insists he has learned from his mistakes and has not only matured, but also changed. In the next breath, Bobby Bonilla says, ''I'm the same guy.'' Complex as ever, Bobby Bo is officially back home, even if Shea Stadium in...

November 19, 1998, Thursday

Mets Manager Bobby Valentine wanted Dennis Cook back. And the Mets seem serious about signing B. J. Surhoff, too. Yesterday, Valentine got his wish when Cook, 36, agreed to terms with the Mets for $6.6 million over three years. ''If he was not...

November 19, 1998, Thursday

Not long after Alan Mills signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday for $6.5 million over the next three seasons, Pat Rooney was putting his own interpretation on the signing. Rooney, the agent for Dennis Cook, believed his client's value had...